#4E5472#4E5472

#4E5472 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.050 H 275.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5472
RGB	rgb(78, 84, 114)
HSL	hsl(230, 19%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(230, 32%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 26.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.32, 5.29, -17.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.32, 18.66, 286.46°)
OKLab	oklab(45.29% 0.0048 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(45.29% 0.05 275.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3486, 9.1750, 17.1947)
Luminance	0.0917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5472 #726C4E

analogous

#4E6672 #4E5472 #5A4E72

triadic

#4E5472 #724E54 #54724E

tetradic

#4E5472 #724E66 #726C4E #4E725A

square

#4E5472 #724E66 #726C4E #4E725A

split-complementary

#4E5472 #725A4E #66724E

monochromatic

#1C1E29 #35394E #4E5472 #676F96 #8B91B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.41

#4E5472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#4E5472 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5472

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5472	1.00	7.41	2.83	7.41
#FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B5773

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#455A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 84, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.050 275.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80849a',
    500: '#4e5472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5472;
$custom-light: #80849a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45293,
    "c": 0.0497,
    "h": 275.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5472

secondary

#9D987F

accent

#AE6CBB

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEEFF2

border

#C9CACC

text

#0A0A0E

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5472

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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